The most interesting program in college sports, plus a baffling NBA trade

The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Decline that max extension today. Believe in yourself. The concept of a sleeping giant in college sports is almost a cliche at this point. Let this certain school get the right coach and recruiting staff! They’re gonna take off! See, currently: UNLV, Georgia Tech, Texas Tech, so on and so forth.  Normally, this is all a little overblown. Take a large metro area and/or talent-rich state, find an athletics program that’s been meh and...